Interstate 10

Interstate 10
Interstate 10 through the Gulfport and Biloxi area. Map updated October 1, 2012.

Interstate 10 serves the three coastal counties of Mississippi between Slidell, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama. Traveling inland, the freeway parallels the U.S. 90 corridor while bypassing or traveling through northern reaches of the Mississippi Sound side cities. Expansion projects widened I-10 to six lanes from just west of Exit 28 to a point just east of Exit 50. Long range plans will eventually extend the six-lane segment west to Exit 13 and east to Exit 57.

Interstate 10 Mississippi Guides

Alabama and Louisiana completed their sections of Interstate 10 well in advance of the portion through Mississippi. The freeway ended at MS 607 north of Pearlington to the west and at the state line with U.S. 90 northeast of Moss Point while construction was underway during the 1970s. A 21 mile section of I-10 between MS 603 in Hancock County and U.S. 49 at Gulfport opened to traffic on July 26, 1973. 33 of the 77.3 miles of I-10 were completed at that time.1

All of I-10 through Mississippi is designated the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. 2015 traffic counts ranged from a high of 77,000 vehicles per day (vpd) at the Biloxi River and 37,000 vpd through the John C. Stennis Space Center buffer zone in Hancock County.

References:

  1. "I-10 stretch to open." The Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, MS), July 24, 1973.

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